§ Mr. E. Smithasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will have published the McLintock agreements concerning contracts between the Air Ministry and its contractors and include any similar agreements between other Government Departments and contractors, manufacturers' associations, or individual contractors?
§ Captain CrookshankThe (so-called) McLintock Agreement was circulated last year in confidence to the Estimates Committee and there is no objection to disclosure in confidence of Government contract procedure or of any particular agreement to the Select Committees appointed by this House to examine public expenditure. The hon. Member will appreciate the possibility that his suggestion would have the general effect of hampering the free negotiation of agreements of the kind in question.